I hold you in whisper but everything can
heal do these words make your heart feel
heavy of hope do you feel guilt
melancholy sympathy this poem was
written by the brave 25 year old poet
rupee car rides poems of love of passion
of pain enough healing and it’s a
courageous expression of genuine and
authentic human feeling human
comprehension and human reason yes it is
short and moving but it embodies the
human condition in just a few words and
this is the art of poetry now for many
of you when you hear the word poetry
perhaps you feel tense dreading the fact
you’re about to sit through a speech
reminiscent of the countless amount of
hours you’ve spent annotating Macbeth or
having to memorize classic pieces from
Robert Frost it could be that you feel
it’s dull out-of-date useless and you’re
actively trying to avoid it but
shouldn’t it actually be something we
nurture because the truth is this
expressive emotional and rich form of
literature can hold profound relevance
and meaning for us all poetry has the
power to change lives our lives now
human behavior is driven by the basic
emotions anger joy worry fear and grief
the good in the bad truth is emotions do
to find us all although it is the action
of expressing these raw emotions that
can be difficult to times and for many
it’s something that takes a certain
willingness and strength but it is
through poetry in particular that can be
used to reflect and understand the
deepest of emotions and thoughts for the
denotation of the word poetry is quite
literally
work and we’re special intensities given
the expression of feelings and ideas by
the use of distinctive style and a rhyme
and to English poet Matthew Arnold’s
poetry is simply the most beautiful
impressive and widely effective mode of
saying things when American poet Billy
Collins was asked the question why does
poetry still matter he responded by
saying poetry is incontestably the
history of the human emotion and I
couldn’t agree more
poetry as verbal art also has a history
of therapeutic use according to the
National Association for poetry therapy
the very first poetry therapist was
Roman physician called Sir honest in the
first century who actually prescribed
poems of tragedy to manic patients and
ones of comedy to those who are
depressed here it was first used as a
tool for emotional healing and has been
carried forward to poetry therapy today
being practiced by learned psychologists
counselors and social workers such as
dr. Raphael Campo professor of medicine
at Harvard University he states that he
frequently uses poetry in his practice
offering therapy groups and including
poems such as at the cancer clinic where
the writer Ted Kooser
describes a slow procession of an ill
woman and two others to an examining
room where a smiling nurse is waiting
for them think of it like this poets
that are able to bring out the emotions
and feelings of others in their words
may be helping to relieve the mental
anguish of life’s inevitable confusion
the soulful verses allowing us to feel
empathy and a sense of belonging and
this should truly add value for
humankind it was also reported by the
UK’s Daily Telegraph following a
research on even brain that when reading
poetry the brain engaged in area called
autobiographical memory which shows the
reader will subconsciously relate the
poetry to personal experience these
studies both in the US and the you
to the undeniably both reading and
writing poetry has profound impact in
relation to personal realization where
we may find common ground with others
where we find common ground with others
getting comfort comfort in their
experience in writing poems to actualize
emotions were struggling to handle and
poetry Durst humility serves humanity
and just as the ancient philosopher
Atticus had said poetry is what happens
when your mind stops working and for a
moment all you do is feel three months
ago I lost my man to cancer she was a
remarkable woman a best friend really
kind caring selfless strong and with a
passion for music poetry and literature
as I do she gave me everything love
support and constantly inspired me to be
courageous and to always follow the
things I loved I wasn’t mentally
prepared to hear such news waiting at
the airport to board the plane to visit
her 10,000 kilometers away
and to be completely honest with you all
it was the worst I’ve ever felt it was
after this loss that I felt grief and
with it came denial and sadness feelings
I couldn’t exactly cope with I didn’t
know how to express myself and I just
couldn’t find the words so I took out my
pen and I turned to the poetry this is a
piece I wrote after hearing the news and
I called in sunshine I’m here restless
and empty and there’s simply nothing
more I can do but think of you this is
our broken feels like and this peace a
happier one I called together to
remember a very special shared moment
the perfect night was one with you when
the old biscuits to no release weaken
loyalty
singing classics
until we could harmonize one where I
laughter would echo through the streets
of Barnet until the rise of morning in
the situation poetry allowed me to
process the way I was feeling the
emotions I was fearful of giving voice
to because the last thing I wanted to be
was weak it was in this time where
poetry gave me a sense of comfort and
hope this this is the beauty of it it’s
now that I ask you to look inside
ourselves have you ever felt moved
reading a poem have you ever read the
words of a poet and in them seen your
own reflection and felt warm into the
result here I urge you all to find
appreciate and most importantly to
understand the poetry truly does matter
is a platform one that has allowed the
most exceptional of poets Sylvia Plath
and Allen Poe Maya Angelou Reba Cara to
capture and share intense human
experience creating poems heavy with
meaning and appreciated by millions and
all of us are made up of soul passion
feeling so I challenge you to create
poems that preserve the goodness the
memories of joy and even to express the
tragedy the pain the loss and if you
have difficulty starting ask yourself a
few simple questions what scares you
what are you find beautiful what makes
you happy what makes you brave what
pains you do not be fearful
it’s called deeper into desires thoughts
and memories you want to express with
poetic language metaphors symbolism
imagery the freestyle poetry has push
yourself three poems that share the good
and the bad the living and the being see
it’s not dull but instead the most
powerful of the arts one that can
articulate all elements of life in just
a few words and just as English teacher
John Keating
played by Robin Williams so eloquently
said in the film Dead Poets Society is
that poetry Beauty love romance these
are always stay alive for thank you [Music]